Zemah Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Zemah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 69 | 1:63,892 | 5,540 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Zemah (142) may also be a first name.
Zemah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zemah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zemah is most common in Liberia. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zemah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,701,480th most prevalent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Zemah are found; 61 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 775,413th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 142 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 63,892. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Nimba County, where 35 percent live, Montserrado County, where 30 percent live and Bong County, where 13 percent live. Not including Liberia Zemah is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 17 percent live and Indonesia, where 9 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Zemah
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